THE HERALD

Update: The Account Center is now offline.

Early next week the Account Center will be offline for an update. We will update you on expected downtime for both the account center and game servers as we know more.  We do not expect the combined downtime to take longer than several hours.

Over the past week we have gathered and evaluated player inputs on the account center, and will update and adjust account information based on this feedback.

Continue reading for more information!

We disabled many of the billing processes to avoid inappropriate or untimely charges during the transition to the new account center.

Our first step in is to update and process all those on any form of recurring billing. This means If you are charged for 30, 90, or 180 days at regular periods, AND were set to bill during the period from August 5th, through the time in which we enable the account center, you will be charged.

Also, during this update, we will re-enable and extend gametime for those whose accounts were incorrectly moved to an inactive status.  For anyone whose accounts may have lapsed due to an expiring gametime card, your time will be appended.

The ability to redeem game registration codes and other codes which allow you to connect to and play to the game will run once we are confirmed the first part of the process is running smoothly.

Our intent is to maintain player and character data for anyone who updated their subscriptions during this transition to the new account center.

We will also re-enable account age and veteran rewards.

Again, if you call into for support, please request an incident number as we are also tracking feedback for our use during this time.

Thank you again, for your patience during this time.

Look for information on Pub 72 and Ultima’s 14 year Anniversary later next week!

Update: The Account Center is now online. Thank you for your patience.

Greetings!

We now anticipate the the Account Center will back online by 8:00pm EDT this evening.

Please check the Herald for any updates regarding the Account Center maintenance today.

We thank you again for your patience and apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you.

Albion was wreathed in battle Sunday evening when Hibernian forces smashed Caer Sursbrook while Midgard sacked the keeps surrounding Hadrian’s wall. The defenders were not idle however, as groups of Albionian’s engaged the invaders at Boldiam and Berkstead. Just as the Hibernians were pushed south, the defenders were flanked by a Midgardian horde out of Caer Erasleigh. Midgard nearly ran the defenders down, but Albion reinforcements stormed in from the east and sent the Midgardian’s fleeing for Erasleigh.

The Midgard host regrouped in the north and managed to take Caer Benowyc while the Hibernians became locked in a siege of Caer Boldiam. Having taken the northern keeps, a small contingent of Midgardian forces drew out the Albionian defenders at Caer Renaris. A squad from Albion came to suppress the attack, but was quickly swarmed from every direction as the full numbers of the Midgardian war-band emerged from the woods where they had concealed themselves. Just when it looked certain that Caer Renaris would fall and Midgard would reclaim Thor’s Hammer, Albionian reinforcements once again arrived to drive the invaders from Midgard. After insuring Albion’s continued possession of the Thor’s Hammer, the victorious war-band marched toward Caer Boldiam to deal with the Hibernian’s still attempting their siege.

Update 4:00 pm EDT: The archived servers are back online.

Greetings,

We will do a short maintenance on all archived servers today at 2:00 pm EDT. During this time character transfers will be unavailable.
At this time we anticipate the archived servers to be back online no later than 4 pm EDT.

See you in the frontiers!

Update 10:00 am EDT: Code activation has been re-enabled on the account center. You can once again enter game cards, item codes etc. in the account management under ‘Activate a Key’.

Greetings,

The process to activate will undergo an maintenance today. As a result, code activation on the account center will be disabled until tomorrow morning.

Please keep an eye on the Herald to learn when the activation is available again.

The DAoC Battle Herald took to the field to report on the weekends events. Major forces of all realms continuously roamed the Isle of Agramon in search of the Harbinger of Spring, while other battlegroups from Hibernia and Midgard took the chance to invade Albion and raid several keeps.

On Sunday evening our battle herald had the chance to follow a Hibernian detachment lead by Bullwinkel which after defeating the Harbinger went on to assault Caer Benowyc where they were finally thwarted by a huge army of Albion defenders.

Again Albion’s frontiers were devastated by marauding hordes from Midgard and Hibernia. Hibernia established a beachhead around Caer Berkstead while Midgard temporarily dominated the west of the frontiers. Albion managed to hold onto Midgard’s strength relic but lost theirs to Midgard when the gate of Castle Excalibur was broken open Sunday afternoon and Enoch carried it away.

The Battle Herald could barely keep up with the action –  Albion’s relic was taken when major Albion forces lead by Slapmefrist started to re-claim their frontier. The Battle Herald witnessed fights around Caer Erasleigh when Midgardian fighters following Grrball tried to keep hold of their beachhead.

After the situation changed around midnight and the Horn of Valhalla was stolen by Madesen and his men, our Battle Herald had the chance to get a short statement from King Erik: ‘Damn Can-wearers think they can beat us? No bløødy way! By Odin we’ll grab ‘em by their [deleted by editorial] and then we’ll bash’em all day løng!’

Yesterday evening the Battle Herald visited Emain Macha and was almost trampled down by an army of invaders from Midgard. After dusting himself off he followed the action which culminated in a large-scale attack on Dun Crauchon.

A huge mix of all races in Midgard fought united under the lead of a Kobold female named Annamarie. The defenders from Hibernia – willing to defend their relics – gathered in Dun Crauchon around Malouni and prepared for the inevitable onrush. A smaller detachment from Albion commanded by the Cleric Gaby temporally joined the scene but was soon crushed between the lines.

Dawn fell when the fighters from Midgard finally readied their siege weapons to break the keep wall and conquer the courtyard. Hibernia’s forces retreated into the central tower and were able to protect Chieftain Crauchon for quite some time before they were finally overwhelmed by a massive rush into the room.

What will the next confrontation bring? Will Midgard continue its rampage? Will King Erik ever trim his whiskers?!

As King Erik has threatened, Midgard was back this weekend to have its revenge. After the Cauldron of Dagda – already pilfered by Albion – was stolen again and brought to Midgard on Saturday, Kaptkent led a Midgard raid through the Frontier on Sunday and managed to invade both relic temples in Albion.

While Excalibur’s Scabbard could be secured and is now exhibited in Fensalir Faste, the attempt to steal Merlins Staff came to a fast stop when the staff was recaptured just a few minutes after it was taken.

Our Battle Herald entered the fields in Hadrian’s Wall to witness the short assault of Albion forces led by Xelgrox against Caer Benowyc which was controlled by Midgard at that time. After meeting resistance the Albion fighters retreated east, were then engaged in an open field battle with several Hibernia raiders and forced to regroup.

The battle rages on, but will Midgard be able to keep all those relics or will Hibernia finally unite in battle and reclaim what is theirs?

This weekend our Battle Herald put on dark clothes and sneaky boots, because he wanted to witness the secret battle between the stealthers of the realms. Expecting to be able to watch them in their natural habitat, the Battle Herald patrolled the bridges around Dun Crauchon for a while but was surprised to find those places surprisingly empty. He then decided to travel to Hadrian’s Wall to search for stealther around the massive fights going on in that area.

Attackers from Hibernia and defenders from Albion were bound in large scale fights, while the armies maneuvered from Benowyc Spire to Caer Benowyc and back – often disturbed by smaller marauding groups from Midgard. And around the flanks of the forces were the stealthers; scouting and ambushing whoever was a bit separated from the main troops, as well as trying to find and kill each other.

Are these anonymous fighters a benefit or a plague; a brave first line of attack or a sneaky bunch of murderers? We’ll keep an eye on them.